My Quip - Elation and Wings Accepted Finalists

Good Day,

Andy and I just received this notice -

World Quilt Florida

January 19-21, 2017

Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Florida

Contact: Jim Smith, jsmith58@gmail.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Local Quilters Accepted into Florida Quilt Competition

NEW HOPE, Pennsylvania – Quilt artists Jim Smith and Andy Brunhammer from Tampa, FL have been accepted as finalists in the 2017 Florida Quilt Competition at World Quilt Florida. Produced by Mancuso Show Management, World Quilt Florida will take place at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL, January 19-21, 2017.

Elation - JS AB - 2016

Wings - JS AB - 2016

Following acceptance by the jury, Smith’s and Brunhammer's quilts, Elation and Wings, will be on display at the show along with many others competing for prizes and awards. Winners will be selected at the show and listed on the World Quilt Florida website, www.quiltfest.com, starting Thursday, January 19, 2017. Quilt and textile art enthusiasts will get a chance to view Smith's and Brunhammer's quilts among all the other magnificent displays of quilts at World Quilt Florida, January 19-21, 2017.

Mancuso Show Management President, David Mancuso says, “Quilting is truly a work of art. Every quilt that is displayed in this competition is an intricate piece of art and takes great skill and talent to make it come to life. Our quilt competition incorporates pieces from the best quilters in Florida. These entries will be judged, and enjoyed by spectators and other quilt artists."

Besides the competition quilts on display, World Quilt Florida will feature workshops and lectures taught by a renowned faculty, a Merchant's Mall and a beautiful collection of special exhibits. Included among the exhibits are the World Quilt Competition XX: On Tour, MASKarade by the Gold Coast Quilters’ Guild, What’s Old is New Again by the Florida Cabin Fever Quilt Guild, Quilts from the Orlando Modern Quilt Guild and many more.

Mancuso Show Management has several long running shows annually, each with its own quilt competition. Besides World Quilt Florida, MSM hosts the Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, Hampton, VA; The Quilt & Sewing Fest of New Jersey, Somerset, NJ; World Quilt New England, Manchester, NH; the Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza, Oaks (Philadelphia area), PA; and the Pacific International Quilt Festival in Santa Clara (Bay area), CA.

Regards,

Jim and Andy

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Q144 – New Quilt – Wings

Good Day,

Andy and I would like to introduce to you to our 144th quilt, our Wings.

Wings - JS AB - June 2016

Our Wings is a quilted triptych; a quilt that is a set of three associated panels. This is our expression and experimentation of freedom, a 3-panel work incorporating the harmony and synthesis of the Hoffman Crystalia Opal, Onyx and complementary fabrics.

The explosion of Bali Watercolors and coordinating Aurifil threads are used and manipulated to create our super butterfly as it flies and takes up out over the kaleidoscope of digital butterflies.

The idea of the Opal and the Onyx fabrics dripping and melding into each other represents the delicate and concise life-cycle of butterflies. The superimposition and combination of fabrics where we matched the Opal and the Onyz patterns are incorporated using an appliquéing technique.  Layerd fabric pieces are used to create the wing scales and the butterfly body.

The quilting is a a measured lattice work while incorporating and highlighting free motion quilting.

This is our mixed technique entry to the annual Hoffman Challenge for 2016. The prime requirement of the 2016 Challenge was to present a “reasonable” amount of the challenge prime fabrics from the Hoffman Crystalia collection.

Our Wings was chosen for the final round of judging and for travel with the 2016 Hoffman Challenge throught September 2017.  Once we receive a schedule of our Wings itinerary I will be posting the schedule.

Andy and I also decided to include as many of the supplementary fabrics from the collection, which were from the Hoffman Bali Watercolors and Bali Batiks..

The final dimensions of our Wings (each panel) are - Width: 17.5"; Height: 24.5".

Our gallery of images for our Wings –

  

 

 

 

Other links -

Our New Triptych Wings - Finalist, Hoffman Challenge 2016
http://quiltsb.blogspot.com/2016/07/my-quip-our-new-triptych-wings-finalist.html

A New Triptych - Wings - Next Decisions 
http://quiltsb.blogspot.com/2016/05/my-quip-new-triptych-wings-next.html

To see previously posted quilts, there is a visual grid presentation at the bottom of the Quilts SB page. Move your cursor over any mini-picture found there and click to see an enlargement. Move your cursor to the "Q#" link to see the quilt's details. If the quilt’s title is highlighted in yellow, it has found a home in a collection and is no longer available.

Please let me know if anything on the Blog site does not properly work, or do what it says it is supposed to do. I’m always striving to make sure an ease of use.

If you are interested, and would like some more information of the available quilts, regarding costs, shipping, and insurance, please get in touch with us Quilts SB, at jsmith58@gmail.com.

Enjoy,

Jim and Andy

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